Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-01
THE EAST

The business men of Portland. Me-, do
not think much of Edward Atkinson's
scheme to purchase the maritime provinces
of Canada Most of them favor reciprocity.
Two steamers were detained at the New
York quarantine on the Goth, one with
smallpox on board and the other with pas
sengers from the Italian cholera districts.
Miss EMMA LAZARUS, a well-known New
York poetess and magazine writer, died
recently.
JACOB SCHwAB, noted importer of laccs
of New York City, was killed the other day
by falling down the elevator shaft of his
warehouse.
JUDGE WALLACE, of the United States
Circuit Court at New York, has decided on
appeal that L. Fl. Rogers, who was bonds
man for Signal Service Officer Henry w.
Howgate, who abscouded from Washing
ton with $133, 600. must make good the
amount Of the bond, 81. 900.
The coal miners at Stoneboro and Grove
City, Pa, have struck for an advance of
nine cents per ton in wages.
CLOTHING firm in the Bowery, New
York, advertised the other day that 1000
overcoats would be given away to the poor
and needy boys. Forty policemen were
sent to the spot to keep order. The store
was fairly mobbed. After the 1000 over
coats had been distributed there was still
thousands of children in the crowd who had
to go away disappointed.
Mrs. FAY, the medium, has sued the pub
fishers of the Boston Record for $4,000
damages for libel, in pu blishing what pur-
ported to be an expose of Mrs. Fay's meth
DDS.
ATLAS powder exploded at Scranton, Pa,
on the 3d. demollshing many window
panes. Two men were seriously hurt.
THE application for the removal of the
Reading railroad from the hands of the re-
ceiver was made in the United States Court
at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 23rd, and was
granted, and the property will be turned
over to the company January 2. The order
also includes the Jersey Central and Buff
falo, New York & Philadelphia Companies
PROF. SEGUIN and DR.. Godfrey dissected
the carcass OF the elephant Alice, burned
in the recent Sire at Barnum's menagerie,
Bridgeport, Conn, and found in the stomach
over 800 pennies, part of n pocket knife,
four cane ferules, a piece of lead pipe and
some pebbles.
Vincent'S Hospital, New York, recently,
from injuries said to have been received in
house of ill-fame. The coroner intended
to make an investigation.
BREvET BROADER GENERAL RANDOLPH
B. MARCY died at Orange, n. J., on the
22d, aged seventy-six years. He was bre-
veted Brigadier General March Is, 1865, and
was IaInSr-ln-laW Oh the l0I0 G6neral
George B. Mcclellan.
THE Athen@um building in Englewood
N. j., was destroyed by fire the other morn
ing. Loss, 5000
TwENTY-sIx OF the leading shoe manufac
tories of Rochester, N. Y, have notified
their employees that hereafter the Saturday
half holiday will not be observed
THE Puritan statue erected in Stearrs
Park, Springfield, Mass, in honor of Dea-
con Samuel Chaplin, one Of the first settlers
of Springfield, was unvailed on the 2ith.
THE Socialists of Spain have sent tc
Justus NJ. Schwab. of New York, contri
button of SS62.73 towards the support OF
the families of the deceased Chicago An
aschists, accompanied by very sympa-
thetic letter.
AT the Boston & Albany crossing, West
Newton, Mass, on the cath, runaway
team met in collision with u train. Two
men named Harmon were killed, j. L.
Burke was fatally wounded and P. d. Cor
man was badly bruised. The horses were
killed and the carriage smashed.
A RIOT occurred in Pittsburgh, Pa. re-
Gently. Some OF the s'Owl gaug'' attacked
q number OF Italians, which, being resented,
caused knives and pistols to be drawn, re-
suIting in about fifteen persons being
wounded but no one killed
YALE defeated Harvard in the inter-coi-
legiate game OF football at the polo grounds,
New York on the 9th. The score stood
Yale, IL, Harvard, s.